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It is interesting to see that Canadian apathy has suddenly turned into a united stand for Canada.
I heard a 10 year old kid in the store yesterday, "Dad, can I get this? I checked , it is made in Canada"
It sucks it has come to this.
Doug Ford is a douche, but he is enough of a douche to not be politically correct in terms of relations with the USA.
I wish I was Canadian
I don't, but that's mostly because I like having very good Internet access and I'm European.
If I was USian, I'd wish I was Canadian.
What's your Internet? I'll you mine if your tell me yours.
I'm gigabit both directions and I could get as high as 3. I've heard they are testing 5 some areas. My 1gbit is around 90 of Canadian money. It's fibre to my apt.
Your prices and speeds are far from what I hear being typical for Canada, but I'm paying 35 euros a month for 500 mbps symmetrical. Gigabit on the website is 73 euros. But that's because I'm in an apartment built when the local monopoly was putting in fiber. Older buildings that were retrofitted later, as well as buildings that were built later, tend to have more providers available. There's one that gives you 1 gig for 35 euros for the first year - and I know they'll be amenable to keeping that arrangement later because you can just threaten to switch and they'll cave. A third is giving out gigabit at 45 Euros for indefinite periods.
Do keep in mind, Estonia is plagued by a Telia monopoly. Other EU countries tend to have cheaper prices. Romania has so much competition, gigabit up/down is like 8 euros and I don't think they offer speeds under 300 mbps apparently.
This is not typical for Canada.
It is in cities.
I'll be honest, my experience is limited, but internet in Calgary is roughly equivalent to that of Los Angeles and is overpriced, but decent. Certainly not gigabits, but ~350/20 for ~$70/mo.
Bell offers 1.5 up/down for 85 in most non remote places in Quebec.
Sucks because my profession doesn't really exist in Canada, so I can't bring anything of value if I try to immigrate there.
That's an interesting statement. Feel free to not answer, but I'm curious what industry you're in.
I'm a Certified Surgical First Assistant. In Canada they use RNs. I guess I could get my RN, but I'd have to go back to school.
Edit: I worded that poorly. The role exists in Canada, but the actual profession of SFA doesn't. I could be misinformed, but that's what I've been told.
I see, that is interesting. Thanks!
So you have like pretty much the same education as an RN, but a different cert?
I can see how that might be frustrating as hell tbh
RNs go through a nursing program (many options and levels of degree), then take an exam for a license. Most RNs I interact with have an associates degree, but many have BSNs and MSNs.
SFAs technically don't need anything more than a high school diploma. These days, most SFAs are certified by 1 of 2 associations. To be able to take the certification exam, you must complete an FA program (typically 2 years didactics plus about 500 cases). The majority of SFAs started as STs (surgical technoloists). To be an ST, it's pretty much the same steps. Both of these programs only give a certification. Most STs I've interacted with just have a HS diploma, while a good portion these days have an associates degree. Some SFAs have bachelor's degree and sometimes even a masters.
SFAs have a much more specific role in the medical field. They work strictly in surgery, while RNs have a much larger scope.
Ah, okay, explains a lot actually.
fluffer
Pretty sure they have fluffers in Canada too
How does a profession not exist in Canada? Are you a 3rd party medical markup expert?
Many of us act like Americans from 10 years ago. Be careful what you wish for.
American (and Canadian) politicians have fucked over Canada every step of the way for a long as I can remember but it was always done with the thinnest veneer of diplomacy to cover up the absolute disregard for an entire country's population. This is the first time that a politician has been dumb enough to fuck over not only the people of Canada but also it's oligarchs. Canada's ruling class has decided it's ok to revolt against our neighbour's bad behaviour and so it's being spun by the news and politicians as 'Canadian Patriotism.'
edit: I see this is a bit controversial. I'm not saying that it is bad that, right now, Canadians are unified in identifying the bad guy and saying "no, you've gone to far." I'm saying that we should have been saying this for years but our politicians, the rich people who direct them and the media companies that they own, have been actively stopping us up until now.
Nope. You can't let trump bully us into becoming part of the USA. If this is what it takes for Canada to grow balls I'm all for it.